Clicking through my YouTube history recently, I was reminded of this terrific update the Rodgers & Hammerstein classic, “Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin,” by Broadway and TV star Jeremy Jordan. Jeremy’s fresh take on the R&H song was first in a series of music videos titled, “R&H Goes Pop!” The keepers of all things R&H set out to explore contemporary twists on timeless classics from the R&H catalog. The arrangement and orchestration here is killer: bright, fresh and current – as if Coldplay decided to stick a toe in the Broadway songbook. I love reinvention, and I love this. Currently, Jeremy is starring in the title role of the Broadway premiere of the 1994 musical Floyd Collins which opened just this week. The musical tells the true tale of a cave explorer who hopes to find a cave he can turn into a tourist attraction to make money amid the poverty of 1925 Kentucky. He uses his voice by yodeling to determine the size of the space ahead (“The Call”). But Floyd becomes trapped underground leading friends, family and more to try and save him. Check out the rave review from the New York Times here.
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